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adultery law

  • Your Morning Fix: Husband is not wife’s master, says Supreme Court, as it strikes down adultery law

    Your Morning Fix: Husband is not wife’s master, says Supreme Court, as it strikes down adultery law

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 28, 2018 · 06:30 am
  • The big news: Supreme Court decriminalises adultery, and nine other top stories

    The big news: Supreme Court decriminalises adultery, and nine other top stories

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 27, 2018 · 08:52 pm
  • ‘Excellent decision’: Praise from politicians for Supreme Court verdict on adultery law

    ‘Excellent decision’: Praise from politicians for Supreme Court verdict on adultery law

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 27, 2018 · 03:23 pm
  • The big news: SC says husband isn’t wife’s master as it scraps adultery law, and 9 other top stories

    The big news: SC says husband isn’t wife’s master as it scraps adultery law, and 9 other top stories

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 27, 2018 · 01:19 pm
  • Supreme Court strikes down adultery law, says Section 497 is ‘absolutely manifestly arbitrary’

    Supreme Court strikes down adultery law, says Section 497 is ‘absolutely manifestly arbitrary’

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 27, 2018 · 11:04 am
  • The big news: Adultery is not a crime, says Supreme Court, and nine other top stories

    The big news: Adultery is not a crime, says Supreme Court, and nine other top stories

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 27, 2018 · 08:58 am
  • The big news: DMK chief Karunanidhi buried at Chennai’s Marina Beach, and nine other top stories

    The big news: DMK chief Karunanidhi buried at Chennai’s Marina Beach, and nine other top stories

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 08, 2018 · 08:59 pm
  • Supreme Court calls adultery law absurd and peculiar, says it fails the test of arbitrariness

    Supreme Court calls adultery law absurd and peculiar, says it fails the test of arbitrariness

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 02, 2018 · 12:57 pm
  • Why is only the man liable for adultery, asks Supreme Court

    Why is only the man liable for adultery, asks Supreme Court

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 08, 2017 · 02:13 pm